Jabrill Peppers of the Patriots Cleared of Charges of Assault and Battery
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Jabrill Peppers, a safety for the New England Patriots, was found not guilty during his trial for assault and battery in Boston on Friday.
Peppers testified in the trial on Thursday and Friday after being charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon. On the witness stand, he asserted that his accuser had made up her allegations and that “she was trying to do all this to mess up my career.”
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At a residence in Braintree, Massachusetts, a lady said that Peppers had seized her, shoved her against a wall, and strangled her. One aspect of Peppers ‘ defense was showing footage from the evening of the event, in which he repeatedly begged her to leave his house.
Jabrill Peppers makes a statement on his assault case
The degree of the accuser’s injuries was questioned during her cross-examination on Thursday. Additionally, she had sued Peppers in civil court, requesting up to $9.5 million, which Peppers’ lawyer Marc Brofsky reopened. On Friday, the jury’s not guilty judgment was announced.
In a video released by WCVB outside the courthouse, Peppers told reporters: “I had to be quiet for three months,” “This was all I could think about. This was the...
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